#38A4BE#38A4BE

#38A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.103 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A4BE
RGB	rgb(56, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -21.89, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 31.21, 225.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0816 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.103 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1967, 31.1066, 53.4342)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A4BE #BE5238

analogous

#38BE95 #38A4BE #3861BE

triadic

#38A4BE #BE38A4 #A4BE38

tetradic

#38A4BE #9538BE #BE5238 #61BE38

square

#38A4BE #9538BE #BE5238 #61BE38

split-complementary

#38A4BE #BE3861 #BE9538

monochromatic

#1C525F #2A7B8F #38A4BE #62BBD1 #92D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#38A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#38A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A4BE

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A4BE	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.103 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd1',
    500: '#38a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a4be;
$custom-light: #80bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66882,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A4BE

secondary

#CA9588

accent

#674ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A4BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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